Floored by Phthalates Recommendations | Ecology Center Avoid vinyl flooring that contains recycled vinyl content. Recycled vinyl is often contaminated with toxic contaminants such as phthalates and heavy metals (e.g. lead and cadmium). See the new report from Healthy Building Network that examines this. The best option is to purchase PVC-free flooring whenever possible,...

New generation vinyl flooring for improved indoor air quality | Tarkett Phthalate Free Technology. Tarkett New Generation Vinyl is a phthalate-free* flooring. The phthalate-free plasticizers selected by Tarkett are approved for food contact containers and can be used for toys intended to be placed in the mouth by children. *except for recycled content...

Pergo makes only 100% phthalate-free luxury vinyl flooring | Pergo 14 Oct 2015 ... Pergo guarantees 100% phthalate-free vinyl flooring worldwide. This means that no phthalates are added during the production or recycling process. Only our own flooring and remnants — which contain no harmful phthalates — are re-used.

Is Your Luxury Vinyl Flooring Bad for Your Health? 5 May 2016 ... Thankfully, the flooring industry is gradually shifting away from using phthalates for plasticizers. For example, Milliken's luxury vinyl tiles are 100% phthalate-free, and they use bio-based plasticizers instead which don't pose a risk to human health or harm the environment. Additionally, some plasticizers can...

Why we don't sell luxury vinyl tile - Green Building Supply 18 Mar 2017 ... Summary. Luxury vinyl tile (LVT) flooring has recently become popular due to its durability, price, and unique-looking surfaces. However, it is made of new or recycled polyvinyl chloride or PVC. PVC is one of the most environmentally hazardous consumer materials produced. PVC creates large quantities of...

How To Find Non-Toxic Flooring For Your Home 3 Dec 2015 ... Linoleum flooring is made from all-natural and biodegradable materials including linseed oil, cork dust, pine resin and wood flour. It is very resilient and can last up to 30-40 years. Vinyl on the other hand is a petroleum-based synthetic product, made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin along with additives,...

Phthalate Free Flooring Options - Low VOC vinyl flooring - Blog | Burts 3 Mar 2017 ... In 2016 there was a number of negative press articles concerning dangerous chemicals in laminate and vinyl flooring. These mainly came from the USA and concerned product that was primarily made in China and supplied via a huge retailer called Lumber Liquidators. The chemical in question was...

The Greening of LVT: Mannington, Armstrong, Tarkett ... - Floor Daily For instance, if all recycled vinyl flooring went into PVC carpet backings or a different vinyl product like VCT or sheet vinyl, then after a number of years, phthalates will end up concentrated in easily identified product types, clearing the way for the reclamation of phthalate-free LVT. But no matter what the solution, it's likely...

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Home Depot leads chemical cleanup of flooring | GreenBiz 11 Dec 2015 ... This year, four of the nation's biggest home improvement and flooring retailers announced policies to phase out toxic phthalates in vinyl PVC flooring by the end of this month. Home Depot, Lowe's, Lumber Liquidators and Menards adopted these policies, driving a major multi-billion dollar market shift away...

Phthalate-free Vinyl (PVC) Products May Still Contain Other Toxic ... 25 May 2011 ... Even phthalate-free PVC still isn't a safe plastic because of the other harmful chemicals often used during production. The Center for Health ... If you have vinyl flooring in your home, damp mopping it on a regular basis removes phthalates accumulated in the dust on the floor. Direct sunlight, moisture and...

Phthalate Free Vinyl Flooring - Does Allure Flooring Use Phthalates? Allure flooring is committed to safety. That is why we use DOTP, a well-studied plasticizer, classified as a non-phthalate plasticizer.

Making Sense of Phthalate-Free Vinyl - Healthy Building Network 29 May 2014 ... The replacement chemicals in phthalate-free vinyl are not always clearly identified by manufacturers. ... The HBN analysis will help purchasers evaluate the claims of phthalate-free product lines in order to make informed choices about a wide array of materials including flooring, wall guards and coverings,...

Vinyl Flooring Could Comes With a Health Price. Toxic Phthalates. 29 Apr 2015 ... Vinyl flooring may win for cost and resiliency but some choices come with a health cost in name of phthalate exposure. Read why.

More Vinyl Goes Phthalate-Free | Natural Interiors Green Building ... 12 Sep 2012 ... DuChateau strives for vinyl flooring that is better for people and planet. More mainstream flooring manufacturers are paying attention to the growing controversy over phthalates – a plasticizer – in vinyl flooring, even though studies suggesting a link between pht

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